I loved that spymaster piece, agreed that it is a bit disconnected from recent events though it was also interesting to see it in the context of...divided loyalties between Ukrainian power players (the people who tipped off the Russians and spoiled the flight plan, for example).
Also amazing that the reclusive spymaster made the choice to go on TV to air out his enemies within (not by name I guess but still). A wild, seemingly out of character choice.
I was honestly reminded of the movie Munich with the audacity of some of the plans (and while that movie got a bit overwrought the question of how much you can really achieve by vengeance-focused covert missions is a fairly timeless one). Good call on saying it was edited like a Melville movie. At least it wasn't as dark and didn't have such a message of the futility of covert actions as Army of Shadows did.
I loved that spymaster piece, agreed that it is a bit disconnected from recent events though it was also interesting to see it in the context of...divided loyalties between Ukrainian power players (the people who tipped off the Russians and spoiled the flight plan, for example).
Also amazing that the reclusive spymaster made the choice to go on TV to air out his enemies within (not by name I guess but still). A wild, seemingly out of character choice.
I was honestly reminded of the movie Munich with the audacity of some of the plans (and while that movie got a bit overwrought the question of how much you can really achieve by vengeance-focused covert missions is a fairly timeless one). Good call on saying it was edited like a Melville movie. At least it wasn't as dark and didn't have such a message of the futility of covert actions as Army of Shadows did.